Baby pants



Sept. 11, 1928.

M. E. SMITH BABY PANTS Filed Sept. 28, 1926 Patented Sept. 11 1928.

IAUD EV'YILININv SMITH, 0] EL RENO, OKLAHOMA.

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Application filed September as, 1926. Serial 110. 198,255.

The invention provides an article of wear for infants designed to cover the d aper and retain moisture and aims to supply an article of the nature of pants constructed practically from a single blank WhlCh embodies similar portions or sectlons, whlch when folded form a garment having the general shape of trunks or pants.

The invention furthermore aims to supply an article which will not tend to creep downward and which encircles the waist by a gentle pressure and conforms to the body without causing discomfort. While the drawings illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that in adapting the means to meet specific needs and requirements, the design may be varied and such other changes in the minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the invention as claimed, without departing from the spirit thereof.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and the drawings hereto attached, in which- Figure 1 is a diagrammatlc View of the garment.

Figure 2 is a view similar to F1gure 1,

I of the reverse side, and

Figure 3 is a front view of the garment, the same being folded on the dotted l nes indicated in Figures 1 and 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in.,the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The body of the garment consists of a blank having the outline substantially as indicated in Figures 1 and 2 and comprising similar sections 1 and 2 which are adapted to be folded along the dotted lines, indicated in Figures 1 and 2. The material may con sist of tissue rubber or other suitable mate rial, rendered waterproof. Similar portions are cut from opposite sides of the blank, as indicated at 3, to provide leg openings when the sections 1 and 2 are folded ,so as to come opposite each other. ,A suitable binding 4 is stitched to, or otherwise applied to the marginal edges of the blank to reinforce the same. A strip 5 of thin fabric is stitched to opposite ends of the blank and constitutes ,in effect portions of a waist band, and ,the outer edge of the strip 5 is reinforced, as indicated reinforcement contains a through which passes an elastic 7, whereby the end of the blank is contracted, so that the garment exerts a gentle pressure about ,the waist to retain the device in position, and prevent downward creeping thereof. Reinforcing tapes 8 are stitched to marginal edge portions of the blank upon opposite sides of the cut away portions 3 and these hem or tuck,

at 6, and this tapes extend to the reinforced ends of the blank and along ,the ends of the fabric strips 5. The waist band strips 5 are thin and light and are of a different material from the body of the garment to insure comfort to the infant and engage about the waist above the diaper.

Suitable fastening means are provided for securing .the sections 1 and 2 when folded to come opposite each other, and as shown, buttonholes 9 are located at the ends of the section 2 and buttons 10 are provided at the ends of the section 1, and when the garment is in position the buttons 10 engage the buttonholes 9, thereby closing the openings at the sides of the garment, as indicated most clearly in Figure 3.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

Baby pants-comprising a blank of moisture-proof material formed with opposed side recesses intermediate its depth and adapted to be folded transversely to form front and rear sections of its end portionsand define leg openings, strips of fabric secured along the ends of said blank and projecting therefrom longitudinally of the blank and constituting a porous waist-band when the blank is folded, strips of fabric secured along the'side portions of the blankin overlying relation thereto between the recesses and ends of the blank and overlapping the ends of the waist-band forming strips and constituting reinforcements for the sides of the blank, binding strips for the margins of the recesses and sides of the end portions of the blank overlapping the reinforcing strips and ends of the waist-band forming strips, protecting strips extending a.long and secured to the waist-band form- "ing strips in overlying relation thereto for 5 the major portion of the depths thereof with their ends overlapping the reinforcing strips and their upper edge portions constituting pockets along the waist-band pockets, and means to releasalily connect the elastic iif said side portion of the garment above-the leg openings when in use. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

MAUD EVYLNN SMITH. [L 8.] 

